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Porsche's Magnificent First Stab at the New 911

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Dan Neil

February 11, 2012

Porsche's approach to the 911 is "perfect, rinse, repeat"—which is to say, introduce a new edition of its famous sports car, and over the years of the product cycle squeeze more and more bloody glamouring intoxicants out of it until there's no more to be had, and then start over with a new-generation 911.

This strategy is not without its downsides. Consider our test car, a 2012 911 Carrera S, the first year of the code-named 991 generation. How are we to receive this car? As a quantum improvement over the previous...

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Porsche's Magnificent First Stab at the New 911

Porsche's approach to the 911 is "perfect, rinse, repeat." But as Dan Neil explains on The News Hub, this strategy is not without its downsides, even as the model takes significant step forward. Photo: AP